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The National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (Nicap)

Central Intelligence Agency · 2001-03-12 · 186 pages · text by OCR

This is a copy of "The UFO Evidence," a report published in May 1964 by the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) in Washington, D.C. and edited by Richard H. Hall. The CIA released its copy in 2001. The report draws 746 sightings from more than 5,000 signed reports and argues that unexplained UFOs are real, artificial objects under intelligent control. It criticizes Air Force secrecy and calls for a Congressional inquiry into Project Blue Book and a larger scientific investigation.

  • p. 30 …sighting, was Flying Safety Officer, Hdq., Tactical Air Command, 300th Base Unit, Langley Field, Va. His…
  • p. 35 …Hq Sq Sec, First Air Force Mitchel Air Force Base, NY 20 September 1957 Mr. Donald…
  • p. 37 …Confidential Report (certified by NICAP Director & Ass't Director) Disc buzzed Naval Air Station ## UFOs…
  • p. 38 …A Navy Commander stationed at Anacostia Naval Air Station, was flying over Virginia, when he looked…
  • p. 45 …the morning after the sighting," Captain Nash reported, "we were telephoned by the Air Force. . . to…
  • p. 50 …PST), official logs show, the UFO was reported to Seattle Air Route Control Center. Logs of…
  • p. 118 …miles northeast of the station estimated 3000 feet. ## 13102 Reported object to Seattle Air Route Control…
  • p. 123 …A STATEMENT DISTRIBUTED BY THE BASE COMMAND SAID THE PHENOMENON WAS REPORTED IMMEDIATELY TO THE AIR…
  • p. 129 …The pilot called Nowra air control, whose radar showed three objects flying together. The pilot identified…
  • p. 130 …headed northeast across the St. Lawrence River. . . It was 9:05 p.m. Labrador time and…
  • p. 171 …Penney, Commanding Officer of the Stallion Site Camp north of the base headquarters. Cpl. Glenn H…
TIME OF SIGHTING: 5:15 P.M. THURSDAY JANUARY 8, 1959 POSITION: 1 MILE NORTH OF ILLINOIS-WISCONSIN STATE LINE ON U.S.14

1.	40° FROM HORIZON	100° FROM NORTH
2.	20°	100°
3.	15°	130°
4.	10°	135°

WHILE TRAVELING EAST AT 5:15 P.M. THE OBJECT WAS SIGHTED AT POSITION No1. AS IT STARTED TO DESCEND SLOWLY THE AUTOMOBILE WAS BROUGHT TO A STOP TO GET A BETTER VIEW. IT TOOK APPROXIMATELY 15 SECONDS FOR THE OBJECT TO REACH POSITION No2. IT STILL GLOWED A BRIGHT WHITE AS IN POSITION No1. THEN IT SHOT OFF AT TREMENDOUS SPEED LEAVING A TRAIL OF SPARKS CHANGING FROM THE ORIGINAL BRILLIANT WHITE, TO ORANGE, AND SEEMED TO EITHER GO OUT OF SIGHT, DISAPPEAR, OR DISINTEGRATE

Approved For Release 2001/04/02 : CIA-RDP81R00560R000100010001-0

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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 186 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.